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Foul for a Fool
- Jun 15, 2022
- 1 min
Adverts for the Past: Cairo’s Retro Hand-Painted Billboards
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- Jun 10, 2022
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Preserving Heritage And Building Communities At Historic Cairo’s Bayt Yakan
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- Jun 8, 2022
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Celebrating World Oceans Day With The Uniquely Egyptian Art Of Khayyāmiyah
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- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
Bread by Bike
A characterful sculpture for those unfailingly impressed by Cairo's bread delivery guys on bikes that stack racks of bread above their heads
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Foul for a Fool
- Jan 23, 2020
- 2 min
Mussolini in Italy: The Casa D'Italia
Hidden away in Port Said is a surprising find. Just off the corniche boardwalk is a striking modernist building adorned with a large...
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Foul for a Fool
- Jan 21, 2020
- 1 min
Port Said's Old Shopfronts & Hand-Painted Adverts
Although once a booming centre of commerce, Port Said has changed immensely. However, it still has a flare of its former self. This can...
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Foul for a Fool
- Jan 11, 2020
- 2 min
1920's Art Deco Splendour of the Simon Arzt Department Store
Once the most famous and exclusive department store in Port Said, and arguably Egypt, Simon Artz was well known for its fine imported...
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Foul for a Fool
- Jan 11, 2020
- 2 min
The Statue of Liberty is Egyptian
Everyone knows of New York's Statue of Liberty, but few know that Lady Liberty was originally supposed to be a robed Egyptian peasant...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 12, 2019
- 2 min
The Once World-Famous Port Said Lighthouse
Walking along the boardwalk in Port Said, it's hard to miss the checkerboard-painted lighthouse. Standing at a total height at 194 feet,...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 10, 2019
- 2 min
RIP The Egyptian Venice: Al-Max
After putting off launching Foul For a Fool for months, I had written several articles and was waiting for the right time to launch the...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 9, 2019
- 2 min
A Woolworths in Egypt?
In Port Said, just around the corner from the ferry to Port Fouad and the city's police station, is the old Woolworths building. An odd...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
The Real Yacoubian Building
Alaa Al Aswany's classic novel The Yacoubian Building is an Egyptian classic and a great commentary on Cairo and Egypt. For many who...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 8, 2019
- 2 min
Taking a Party Boat on the Nile
Cairo's party boats cram the Nile at night, blasting Egyptian shaabi music, and lit up with neon lights. The large motorboats are usually...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 8, 2019
- 2 min
A Night Out at the Cairo Opera House (& Museum)
When you think of Egypt, you don't often think of opera houses, yet Egypt has a strong history of opera and theatre, and even has the...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
Evening Felucca Cruise on the Nile
In contrast to Cairo's large party boats, a much more relaxing version exists, the felucca. Unlike the motor-driven party boats, the...
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Foul for a Fool
- Oct 14, 2019
- 4 min
Cycling the Delta: From Cairo to Alexandria
After finding out I had a long weekend due to a public holiday, I rushed to find a friend willing to join me on a journey I had wanted to...
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Foul for a Fool
- Oct 8, 2019
- 3 min
Verdi's Opera Aida at the Cairo Opera House
Commissioned by Ismai'l Pasha and premiered in 1871 at the Khedive Opera House in Cairo, Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Aida has since been...
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- Sep 23, 2019
- 1 min
Celluloid Memories: Old Film Posters in Downtown Cairo
Egypt is famous for its cinema, and it's a point of pride for many. Even young Egyptians have an intimate knowledge of the classics of...
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Foul for a Fool
- Sep 23, 2019
- 2 min
The Stadium and the Street: Joys of Watching Football in Street Cafes
Football in Egypt is big. Egypt's star players are praised as heroes, and every city and town across the country shuts down with traffic...
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